Shortly after signing with @keslupo.bsky.social, she made a fantastic move into editorial at a big pub. Super sad to see her go but so grateful for her support and guidance during the transition. I’m now thrilled to be represented by my wonderful new agent @jolenehaley.bsky.social at DMLA!

My big news got announced in @thebookseller.com this morning! I’m so thrilled to be joining @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social on 7th July as Commissioning Editor. 🧵

Final reminder. Free, online, no-pressure Cat Book Club 🐈 📚 today at 4 p.m. (CT). For all details see www.cowboycatranch.org/cat-book-club. #cats #Caturday #books

Absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted in the latest #Mslexia competition for children’s and young adult novels for my historical middle grade, The Questionable Chronicles of Owney, the Globe-Trotting Railway Mail Dog. #AmWriting #AmRevising

More people are writing - and writing with serious dreams of publication - than EVER before. It's tough to stand out with these kinds of numbers in mind, and agents have to make fast decisions! Here are 4 tips from @keslupo.bsky.social on how to avoid a quick no. 🧵

Receiving critiques of your writing (from critique partners, editors, or even reviewers) is an essential part of being a writer - but they can be tough pills to swallow. As someone who has both given and received a lot of tough feedback, @keslupo.bsky.social offers 4 tips. 🧵

#currentlyreading #cats #books #iamreading

EGYPTOLOGY. MAGIC. MYSTERY. AND CATS, LOTS OF CATS... www.amazon.com/Daughter-Sun... #bastet #egyptianmythology #teenfantasy #YAfantasy #yaromance #mythologicalfantasy #books #bookrec #cats #catbooks

Awesome summer read, now out in the UK! www.amazon.co.uk/Marriage-Ven... #summerreads #tbr #books #recommendedreading @keslupo.bsky.social

SCBWI Benelux spring retreat in Mutzenich, Germany #scbwi #WritingCommunity

I’m excited to say registration for our 2025 Cheshire Novel Prize summer school is now open! You can find all the details here👇 cheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school

“When I look back at the past and think of all the time I squandered in error and idleness, lacking the knowledge I needed to live; when I think of how I sinned against my heart and my soul, then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift…” #FyodorDostoyevesky #Victorian

Latest addition to the family… #antiquedolls #gothic #victorian

open.substack.com/pub/kesialup... God love her & I thought I’d add that there’s a reason so many people want her to be their agent: it’s because she’s so bloody brainy and so bloody nice. We are Team Lupo @keslupo.bsky.social

The Marriage Vendetta by Caroline Madden www.writing.ie/interviews/t...

My time keeper… 😬😬😬 #writing #creepydolls #writingprocess

Ooh, love the vibes of this poster! It definitely has indie horror film written all over it. 8)

Less than a week into his first adventure with his mage best friend (and crush), luckless Mick finds himself stuck with a god in his head and the body of a dragon. Now he and genius mage Eleanor must restore his humanity—before his existence triggers a divine war. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #F #R #NA

SE7EN x THE WAILING x GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO x INCANTATION A Hongkonger Taoist demon and a British Christian exorcist hunt a ghostly killer inspired by Buddhism’s five poisons. #PosterPitW #PosterPit #H #A 💙📚 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #horror #agentsguide #asian #writing #OwnVoices

Amid the Spanish-American War, a 12-year-old girl must navigate a haunting encounter with a forbidden doll that demands atonement, or risk being turned into a doll herself. Pan's Labyrinth x creepy dolls Rep: @keslupo.bsky.social @ DMLA #posterpitA #posterpit #MG #H #horror #gothic

#SFFChat Thanks once again for hosting! Great questions this week, right on theme for me. 😆 I was thinking of doing a separate post for this but, I finally have something to share. Here's the cover to the upcoming book. Available soon.

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡 the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #posterpit #a #lf #m #posterpitq

magical-realist horror 1898 Puerto Rico explores the terror of puberty unreliable narrator Pan's Labyrinth x creepy dolls Rep: @keslupo.bsky.social @DMLA #posterpitA #posterpit #MG #H #horror #gothic @iaminprint.bsky.social @writingawards.bsky.social @deborahhalverson.bsky.social

A poster for “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #Q #YA #NA #F #R #Dis #PosterPitQ #PosterPit #amquerying

When a tattoo artist has the power to save damned souls with her ink, though sadly not her own, unwittingly finds a lost demon dog, she must use her gift to undo the curse that’s trapped them both UNDER THE WEATHERGLASS of Meadowhawk Hall. #posterpit #A #DF

Her family is broke, the gardener is dead, the manor might be alive, and Lottie Bradbury has a blood curse to break before she becomes its next victim. Do you dare see the slow-burn gothic horror of The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor? #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #Q #A #H #HF

#PosterpitQ #MG #fantasy #F Tabia is a reluctant magician in Ancient Egypt who must accept her powers in order to destroy an evil goddess bent on killing everyone and enslaving their spirits in the Afterlife.

The job had 1 rule: don’t open the car’s trunk. Should have been a 2nd rule: don’t give your friend a lift or she will absolutely break the one rule. Now, an interdimensional smoke monster is free and hungry for souls. Who has our disaster bi been working for? #PosterPitQ #F #A

Starting off #PosterPit with a poster for #Sirensong, where Iron Widow meets Steelheart as a traumatized young woman takes her accidental powers on a quest for vengeance, entering a world full of crime and corruption as she hunts for the puppeteer that possessed her mother. #NA #SF #R #PosterPitQ

Forgot the main #Posterpit hashtag 😅

An introduction to my Hawaiian-inspired, young adult fantasy. “Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around the corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.” #PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #F #OwnVoices

magical-realist horror 1898 Puerto Rico explores the terror of puberty unreliable narrator Pan's Labyrinth x creepy dolls Rep: Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass Lit #posterpitA #posterpit #MG #H #horror #gothic

Super excited for this workshop – bringing my wisdom, heaps of practical advice, and creative energy! Join CBW-LA on Zoom for this session on April 19th ! www.cbw-la.org/event-6099918

This movie was mesmerizing! The set, costumes, music, acting…just beautiful! Of course it’s also one of those unforgettable stories. I’ve added the soundtrack to my writing playlist. #countofmontecristo #frenchmovies #bestmovies

Are we going to post all year about how the writers on #chillsubs named us their top fiction magazine? Why yes, yes we are. This is one that makes us so very proud as it's voted on my writers, the reason we got into this in the first place!

#gothic #Caribbeangothic #historical #Latinx #teenfiction #YA #ghosts www.amazon.com/Chameleon-Zo...

My creepy doll gothic MG horror is almost ready to send to my agent @keslupo.bsky.social

New blog post is up! www.athomeauthor.com/post/why-it-... #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #publishingtips

Team @howlandlit.bsky.social made me a gorgeous new #MSWL brochure. Here’s what I’m looking for when I open back up to queries in May.

Starred Review: THE FOLDED SKY by Elizabeth Bear Library Journal: Information exists all over the universe, and Sunya Song’s goal in life is to preserve it. She is an archinformist, a specialist historian who has traveled halfway across the galaxy to save as much as she can of the Baomind, an…

This has been one of my favourite playlists for the past several months while working on my gothic WIPs.

Violeta's Adventures in Doll-Land... MG Caribbean gothic horror Puerto Rico, 1898, Spanish American War Pan's Labyrinth x creepy dolls Historical Novel Society Honorable Mention Award I Am in Print + Searchlight Awards shortlist Currently revising for my wonderful new agent @keslupo.bsky.social

Do you get ritualistic when writing a novel? While drafting my #creepydoll #MG Caribbean #gothic, I wrote longhand at my antique desk early morning, using the same Twsbi 580 fountain pen, ancient copper ink and gothic-looking notebook, and before each session, I read one of my mom's poems...

Good reason to book an #Agent121! Our hugest of congratulations go to Mayra 👇 who sought advice in our online feedback room, and was offered representation once her full manuscript had been requested and devoured! Go Mayra! We can’t wait to see your book on the shelf! 👏 🙌🏼

First author of 2025 signed - and my 1st middle-grade project for DMLA! I'm so excited to share Mayra's exceptional magical-realist horror, set in c19th Puerto Rico & exploring the terror of puberty via a deliciously unreliable narrator. Pan's Labyrinth x creepy dolls, anyone?

Some journeys take unexpected turns—and as agent searches go, mine was certainly unexpected! But I’m thrilled to share that it has led me to Kesia Lupo at the Donald Maass Lit. Agency. I’m so grateful for her belief in my work and excited for the road ahead. Here’s to new chapters and fresh pages!

SCBWI Staff and our members are having so much fun at the Bologna Children's Book Fair!

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